title: Surgical management of urolithiasis at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
abstract: Over a ten-year-period, 82 patients with 89 episodes of urinary stones were seen and managed in the General Surgical Units of Kenyatta National Hospital. The management procedures were evaluated and the magnitude of complications (morbidity/mortality) assessed. Some recommendations are made for the prevention and management of stone disease in this and similar communities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ndirangu
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Ngwanyam
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy